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AMERICAN'COALBARGE COMPANY, CF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

Leners Pawn: Nmsoaoor, and May 31, 1870.'

"Wc- 'uraovnunxrr nr conn-senses l fh Schodulo'refornd to in the Patent und rnking part of the nml To all whom nimm; concern:

Be it known that I, ROGER HABTLEY, of the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Coal-Barge; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof; which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, reference being had to the accomprryllng xdrawings forming partv of this specification, in w nc 1 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my irnproved coal-barge through the line :c z', aud- Figure 2 is a. tmnsverse sectional view of the same The same letters of. reference indicate like parts iu the two figures.

My invention relates to that class of boa-ts or flat-s known as-coal-barges, which are used for transporting coal a short distance, and the object of {ny invention is to avoid the shoveliug or other manual handling ot' le coal when unloading it from the coal-barge or coalt. v A is a coalilnt `or barge built of any convenient shape or material as best adapted to the locality where it is to be used.

B B are the gunnels or sides; and

O C is the bottom planking.

D is the deck, which is formed ofthe parts D D D, which are stationary or permanently fastened, and ol' the part E E, which is formed of loose planks, rest-ing rnbbets or ledges provided for the purpose of receiving them. The planks E E E and u can be removed at pleasure, as will be explained below.

'.lhcy deck D is properly' stayed, supported, and brac-ed by uprights, stanchions, fore-andatt bulhheads, or braces, so that it can receive al load of coal without giving( -G G G G are stringere or fore-andai`t pieces of timbr which run the whole or part of the whole length of the barge, and `which are provided at their upper part or top with iron rails to protect iheni, and receive the wheels of coal wagons.

The deck D does not cover the entire length of the barge. At one end, either the sternor bow, it; leaves a space, H O, uncovered and open, andin thatopen space the pieces G G G G and rails gradually raise upward, either according tothe shape of the boat, as in my drawings, or by being supported on blocks, butin eithercase they raise giadnally, so that the nt G is down to the general level of the railroad G all over the bottom ofthe barge, andthe point O may be made to correspond with astationary iailroad xed on a pier or any suitable landing.

. l Witnesses:

I I P are coal-wagons ruiming on the rails G G G G, and having a'free motion under the deck Din the hole of the coal-barge, so that they can be pushed to Yany part of thc boat, and always be'under the longi-v tudinal hatches left between the parts D and D, and

covered by the loose planking E E E. R is the rudder; and S S is the load of coal.

Operation.

The barge is now tloated to the spotwhere it is desiredto unload the cbal, and there it is mooredI andV made fast in such way that the point O of the rails G G G'G will match and cox respond with a railroad of some kind susceptible of adapting itself and correspond with the railroads-G G G G of the coal-barge..

The coal-wagons P P are now broughtin the barge, and under thedeck D, where the coal is loaded, so that by removing a portion of the loose planking E E, 'just over the wagon I, the coal will drop in said wagon; as represented in iig. 1.

s soon as the wagons P P are loaded they -are' piished until they are at the point G', when they can be pulled up the inclined plane or part G O, and out of the barge on the unloading railroml by steam or other motive power. v

By repeating the operation the whole of the load of coal can be rcxnovedirom the coal-barge in a short tin, and without any shoveling or other handling of the coal. A v v I-do not claim abargc or vessel in which rans are provided fora carto ,transport cargo from one point!l to another, but I am not aware of any previousvin'- stanco where the vessel has been provided with an inoline passing from above the' water-line down to a. roadway or tunnel beneath. the bins or receptaclestbr the coal or cargo, so that the cars or carts, into which tho material is received, can be drawn along such roadway up the incline and out of the barge or vessel."

I claim as myxnvention.- n

A barge or vessel with vreceptacles above a tunnell -or roadway, combined with an incline at the end ol the tunnel coming up above the water-line, snbstan.- tially as and for the purposes set forth. v

ROGER HARTLEY. [n s.)

H. P. GnNcEMBRm, CAMILLE Der. 

